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The latest in the mysterious death of a Georgia teen found in a rolled up gym mat last year: The parents of Kendrick Johnson are suing the funeral home that handled their son's body. They're alleging negligence and fraud, and claiming Harrington Funeral Home removed Kendrick's organs and replaced them with newspaper "in an effort to interfere" with the parents' investigation into his death, the AP reports. What actually happened to Kendrick's organs remains unclear. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation maintains the organs were returned to the body after it was autopsied, and before it was sent to the funeral home.

But the funeral home says the organs were missing when the body arrived, and a county coroner says many of the organs were too badly decomposed to be preserved and were discarded immediately after the autopsy. While filling a body with newspaper isn't a "best practice" for a mortician, it's also not illegal, the Georgia Board of Funeral Service said last month. "This lawsuit challenges the morally despicable, fraudulent, unlawful, and unfair business practices" of Harrington Funeral Home, which "intentionally, willfully, and secretly" violated Kendrick's remains, the lawsuit reads per CNN.

If I were to guess, it was a kid at the school who probably went too far and accidentally killed him, tried to cover it up and now his entire family is covering it up along with probably the police department and coroners office. If I were the parents I would hire a private investigator and find out if the cops have a kid at the school, I would find the truth no matter how long it took. RIP

Charles

Feb 6, 2014 4:30 PM CST

There is nothing like a cover up, and missing video footage that has been erased from the archives. Whatever happened to this young man, the school, the coroners offiice and the funeral home are liable....